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Banquette   Listen
noun
Banquette  n.  
1.
(Fort.) A raised way or foot bank, running along the inside of a parapet, on which musketeers stand to fire upon the enemy.
2.
(Arch.) A narrow window seat; a raised shelf at the back or the top of a buffet or dresser.





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"Banquette" Quotes from Famous Books



... street, defending himself against four others. He was a man of giant size, and flourished a bright weapon, which I took to be a bowie-knife, while his assailants struck at him on all sides with sticks and stilettoes. A small boy ran back and forth upon the banquette, calling ...
— The Rifle Rangers • Captain Mayne Reid


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